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Comment author: Prismattic 08 May 2013 12:26:14AM 2 points [-]

Nowhere is going to be at the level of Making Light, because TNH is an outlier in comment moderation.

Obsidian Wings and Crooked Timber sometimes-but-not-always have non-pointless comment sections. The League of Ordinary Gentlemen also falls in the sometimes-but-not-always high quality category. (Technically LOOG is more like 45/45/10 Liberal/Libertarians/Conservatives)

Comment author: NancyLebovitz 08 May 2013 05:04:12PM 2 points [-]

It's not just that TNH is an extraordinary moderator and chooser of moderators. Making Light built on rasfw* news groups, and they built on the long tradition of in-print sf fanwriting. Once upon a time, fanwriting was mostly personal essays rather than fiction-- this isn't a swat at fanfic, just an effort to counter availability bias.